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Release Project Manager - Ecommerce

  • Full Time, onsite
  • Kforce Technology Staffing
  • On Site, United States of America
Salary undisclosed

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RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in San Jose, CA that is seeking a Release Project Manager - Ecommerce for a long-term contract - 6 months to start. The hours for this role are M-Th in-office; Friday WFH.

Summary:
This team owns all of Release Management for Company - there are three domains, 1) Ecommerce space (including website & content management), 2) supply chain space (enterprise and logistics) and 3) enterprise data analytics and marketing space. The client is looking for a mid-level Release Manager with an engineering background for their Supply Chain & Logistics team. This candidate will build and manage various IT applications release and production schedules, lead merge strategies and align cross-channel projects.

Duties/Day to Day Overview:
* Managing the various schedules - release, production changes, project timelines, etc.
* Providing daily metrics/status for environment and project health (Dashboards or other KPI delivery methods)
* Verifying gate completion for projects with PCI/Sox implications (checklist)
* Coordinating projects into existing test environments/maintaining environment schedules
* Building Release schedules and deployment plans to manager and implement a release
* Active management of issues queue from opened to closed
* Coordinating with project/application & TDS to ensure 3rd party integrations are configured & tested according to project/release schedules
* Working with projects, engineering and QA to define upcoming environment requirements and specifications
* Determining & coordinating data requirements and dependencies for upcoming projects
* Works on moderately complex projects with some guidance from more senior staff members on complex projects
* Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
* Works with team to identify and address issues and risks
* Timely escalation of critical issues/risks to program manager and management

REQUIREMENTS:
* 5 years of experience in Deployment/Release Management in an enterprise environment with a background in release engineering
* Deployment - day to day release management: managing all release activities across many systems/applications; This includes upfront planning for releases, working with product/engineering, working with third party vendors, and ultimately putting software into the production system; Experience executing a plan, managing change requests, managing issues that come up, managing dependencies, etc.
* Experience working with both onshore & offshore teams
* Process - change management; Looking for this person to come in, evaluate the environment, and define/improve/optimize the release process; This may include documentation, process improvement, implementing best practices, understanding what the problems are, and what is the journey to get to the next evolution, implement post-mortems, etc.
* Communication - leading release discussion with leadership (need to be comfortable going between tech/non-tech team members), consolidating efforts with processes
* Technical background - comfortable working with the engineering team, good understanding of SDLC
* Understand the dynamics of retail environment and fast-moving nature of the industry
* Development cycle is aggressive, releases are every 2 weeks, managing 2-3 releases in parallel (different stages)
* Independent worker, self-starter, self-sufficient

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in San Jose, CA that is seeking a Release Project Manager - Ecommerce for a long-term contract - 6 months to start. The hours for this role are M-Th in-office; Friday WFH.

Summary:
This team owns all of Release Management for Company - there are three domains, 1) Ecommerce space (including website & content management), 2) supply chain space (enterprise and logistics) and 3) enterprise data analytics and marketing space. The client is looking for a mid-level Release Manager with an engineering background for their Supply Chain & Logistics team. This candidate will build and manage various IT applications release and production schedules, lead merge strategies and align cross-channel projects.

Duties/Day to Day Overview:
* Managing the various schedules - release, production changes, project timelines, etc.
* Providing daily metrics/status for environment and project health (Dashboards or other KPI delivery methods)
* Verifying gate completion for projects with PCI/Sox implications (checklist)
* Coordinating projects into existing test environments/maintaining environment schedules
* Building Release schedules and deployment plans to manager and implement a release
* Active management of issues queue from opened to closed
* Coordinating with project/application & TDS to ensure 3rd party integrations are configured & tested according to project/release schedules
* Working with projects, engineering and QA to define upcoming environment requirements and specifications
* Determining & coordinating data requirements and dependencies for upcoming projects
* Works on moderately complex projects with some guidance from more senior staff members on complex projects
* Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
* Works with team to identify and address issues and risks
* Timely escalation of critical issues/risks to program manager and management

REQUIREMENTS:
* 5 years of experience in Deployment/Release Management in an enterprise environment with a background in release engineering
* Deployment - day to day release management: managing all release activities across many systems/applications; This includes upfront planning for releases, working with product/engineering, working with third party vendors, and ultimately putting software into the production system; Experience executing a plan, managing change requests, managing issues that come up, managing dependencies, etc.
* Experience working with both onshore & offshore teams
* Process - change management; Looking for this person to come in, evaluate the environment, and define/improve/optimize the release process; This may include documentation, process improvement, implementing best practices, understanding what the problems are, and what is the journey to get to the next evolution, implement post-mortems, etc.
* Communication - leading release discussion with leadership (need to be comfortable going between tech/non-tech team members), consolidating efforts with processes
* Technical background - comfortable working with the engineering team, good understanding of SDLC
* Understand the dynamics of retail environment and fast-moving nature of the industry
* Development cycle is aggressive, releases are every 2 weeks, managing 2-3 releases in parallel (different stages)
* Independent worker, self-starter, self-sufficient

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
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